First of all, thank you Wagner for all of your work. You have always conducted yourself properly, and you worked hard in good faith, even with the pressure of Carrow Road on you for significant time this season.
I personally thought that the time had come after the Blackburn defeat, however it didn't. Since then you have definitely redeemed yourself. The defeat last night was very disappointing, however you did achieve what was set of you, and reached the playoffs.
Looking back, picking up this team after the disaster of the previous manager and instilling enthusiasm and energy was exciting. However results have closely followed the injury status of key players and that may have been the limiting factor for us this season.
It's clear that Norwich is in a transition, and we will also be saying goodbye to a number of loved players. To Wagner, it's been a pleasure. It's time to start something new. Best of luck to you.
Well well well, I heard form those at the ground last Sunday that he was spending a lot of time giving praise to the fans...thought it might be ominous.
I think it's the right decision, and considering the state we were in late last year he really turned it around and got us to a respectable finish, even if take into account the away form. It looks as well like the board and Knapper especially are ready for a re-start..
Here we gooo, OTBC
Good to see the club have wasted no time with the rebuild. With the squad we have and some of the talents in it - Sara, Sargent, Rowe, Sainz - we should have been far more competitive.
Absolutely inexcusable to have Gibson and Duffy as a starting centre back pairing and to take so long in the season to arrive at a decent tactical strategy. Ditto Barnes. Terrible players.
The inconsistency was also a bad one. No good managers are that inconsistent.
Don't hate the bloke but we can all agree that he wasn't the right fit. We would have been nothing more than fodder had we scraped into the Prem.
Fingers crossed we can keep Sarge and find a decent replacement for Sara when he inevitably goes to one of the promoted teams this summer!
Feel like Sara was a Farke signing who just got here too late as Dean Smith never knew what he was doing with him. Must've been from the previous scouting team.
He's clearly incredibly talented and can be a driving force in a competitive midfield.
Good to see us getting it done early and giving the new manager a lengthy pre-season. Wagner seems like a decent person, but the two playoff legs showed how far off the required standard we are and we need to aspire to better.
The man did well to fight back from the brink and get the team performing to some extent, but nothing about it felt long term. The first of many departures this season and a huge task for knapper. The timing maybe suggests he has a plan and knows what he’s doing.
I'd hope the replacement will be announced quickly. This must always have been on the cards and it if there isn't a plan behind this then Knapper is as bad as Webber when he sacked Farke.
I'd hope the replacement will be announced quickly. This must always have been on the cards and it if there isn't a plan behind this then Knapper is as bad as Webber when he sacked Farke.
Finishes with a 41% win rate, which says it all really. Good bloke but simply not up to the task of assembling a side ready to go up and stay up. The challenge now is not only finding a manager but rebuilding the back 4 to be in a position to take on quality sides.
Back 4 definitely gets a rebuild.
Stacey is great.
Gibson, Duffy and McCallum are not good enough if we are aiming for promotion - and there’s a decent chance we release Gibson and McCallum anyway.
Hanley could potentially have a role to play still, if he can find his pre injury form. But with the length of time he spent out, I’m not optimistic on that.
Stacey is irritating. He had flashes of brilliant fullback play, broken up by occasional horrible lapses and poor finishing crosses and shots at the end of his moves in the playoff semi finals. But he is proper quality, clearly someone brought in with a mind to going up.
I think his crosses are mostly due to Wagners tactics being 1 dimensional, both full backs were basically just instructed to overlap and send a cross in.
I figured he'd go at some point during the summer, but didn't expect it to be as quick as that. At least we can get someone in with enough time to get a plan in place. Onwards and upwards then.
An exciting summer ahead. I think we'll cash in on some players (Rowe, Sara maybe Sergeant) and hopefully get rid of some deadwood/bad characters (Gibson, Duffy). A new spine of the team would be exciting and a new coach who plays exciting, possession, passing football!
I am conflicted - when it has went well, we have played brilliant football. But too many inexcusable strings of form also.
Nice man, and his honesty was freshening. I wish him all the best in his next job.
First of all, thank you Wagner for all of your work. You have always conducted yourself properly, and you worked hard in good faith, even with the pressure of Carrow Road on you for significant time this season. I personally thought that the time had come after the Blackburn defeat, however it didn't. Since then you have definitely redeemed yourself. The defeat last night was very disappointing, however you did achieve what was set of you, and reached the playoffs. Looking back, picking up this team after the disaster of the previous manager and instilling enthusiasm and energy was exciting. However results have closely followed the injury status of key players and that may have been the limiting factor for us this season. It's clear that Norwich is in a transition, and we will also be saying goodbye to a number of loved players. To Wagner, it's been a pleasure. It's time to start something new. Best of luck to you.
well written and very accurate
Well well well, I heard form those at the ground last Sunday that he was spending a lot of time giving praise to the fans...thought it might be ominous. I think it's the right decision, and considering the state we were in late last year he really turned it around and got us to a respectable finish, even if take into account the away form. It looks as well like the board and Knapper especially are ready for a re-start.. Here we gooo, OTBC
It’s for the best - I don’t think he was ever going to get us promoted.
Good to see the club have wasted no time with the rebuild. With the squad we have and some of the talents in it - Sara, Sargent, Rowe, Sainz - we should have been far more competitive. Absolutely inexcusable to have Gibson and Duffy as a starting centre back pairing and to take so long in the season to arrive at a decent tactical strategy. Ditto Barnes. Terrible players. The inconsistency was also a bad one. No good managers are that inconsistent. Don't hate the bloke but we can all agree that he wasn't the right fit. We would have been nothing more than fodder had we scraped into the Prem. Fingers crossed we can keep Sarge and find a decent replacement for Sara when he inevitably goes to one of the promoted teams this summer!
Sara would fit into that Leeds side so well, wouldn’t be surprised to see him go there
Feel like Sara was a Farke signing who just got here too late as Dean Smith never knew what he was doing with him. Must've been from the previous scouting team. He's clearly incredibly talented and can be a driving force in a competitive midfield.
Not that surprising. Recent record has been poor, poor away from home all season, last night was the straw that broke the canaries back.
Good to see us getting it done early and giving the new manager a lengthy pre-season. Wagner seems like a decent person, but the two playoff legs showed how far off the required standard we are and we need to aspire to better.
The man did well to fight back from the brink and get the team performing to some extent, but nothing about it felt long term. The first of many departures this season and a huge task for knapper. The timing maybe suggests he has a plan and knows what he’s doing.
I'd hope the replacement will be announced quickly. This must always have been on the cards and it if there isn't a plan behind this then Knapper is as bad as Webber when he sacked Farke.
I'd hope the replacement will be announced quickly. This must always have been on the cards and it if there isn't a plan behind this then Knapper is as bad as Webber when he sacked Farke.
Finishes with a 41% win rate, which says it all really. Good bloke but simply not up to the task of assembling a side ready to go up and stay up. The challenge now is not only finding a manager but rebuilding the back 4 to be in a position to take on quality sides.
Back 4 definitely gets a rebuild. Stacey is great. Gibson, Duffy and McCallum are not good enough if we are aiming for promotion - and there’s a decent chance we release Gibson and McCallum anyway. Hanley could potentially have a role to play still, if he can find his pre injury form. But with the length of time he spent out, I’m not optimistic on that.
Stacey is irritating. He had flashes of brilliant fullback play, broken up by occasional horrible lapses and poor finishing crosses and shots at the end of his moves in the playoff semi finals. But he is proper quality, clearly someone brought in with a mind to going up.
if he could cross accurately he would easily be prem quality
I think his crosses are mostly due to Wagners tactics being 1 dimensional, both full backs were basically just instructed to overlap and send a cross in.
Timing surprises me a bit but long term, I don't think this is a bad thing at all
I figured he'd go at some point during the summer, but didn't expect it to be as quick as that. At least we can get someone in with enough time to get a plan in place. Onwards and upwards then.
An exciting summer ahead. I think we'll cash in on some players (Rowe, Sara maybe Sergeant) and hopefully get rid of some deadwood/bad characters (Gibson, Duffy). A new spine of the team would be exciting and a new coach who plays exciting, possession, passing football!
I am conflicted - when it has went well, we have played brilliant football. But too many inexcusable strings of form also. Nice man, and his honesty was freshening. I wish him all the best in his next job.
perhaps the Smith’s can go as well.
Not my team so
So why are you here posting?
I follow them as norfolk boy
Then piss off and go work on your shit biceps some more lad. 👍
That's body shaming
I don't need you putting me down .I was bullied in my younger years